Italian Left Communism

'Left Communism' redirects here, this page is primarily about Left Communism/Bordigism. For other ideologies, including the Dutch/German variant, see Left Communism (Disambiguation)

Left Communism, also called Bordigism is an economically far-left, Marxist ideology. It is a form of Left Communism based off of the ideas and writings of Amadeo Bordiga. It opposes democracy, anti-fascism and the concept of a "United Front". It is a Leninist ideology that opposes Marxism-Leninism, believing it to be a bourgeois current. It regards Stalin as bourgeois opportunist, and regards other Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries, such as Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Ho Chi Minh, and Mao Zedong as bourgeois, not proletarian, revolutionaries. Bordiga and the Italian left also considered the Soviet Union to be a bourgeois, capitalist state.

This ideology refers specifically to the Italian strain of Left Communism, although other left communist ideologies also exist, namely, Dutch-German leftcoms (Council Communists) and Russian leftcoms. These ideologies do have some similarities, the most significant being anti-trade unionism, anti-nationalism/internationalism, and anti-parliamentarism. As well as the belief that true socialism is stateless, classless, and can only be achieved when the capitalist mode of commodity production is completely abolished. Every "socialist" who does not is merely an opportunist capitalist.

He loves to sit in an armchair all day reading Marx, Bordiga, Pannekoek, Damen, Cammette, and Chirik among others, while complaining about other leftists. It is often forgotten that those of the Italian Communist Left do consider themselves Leninists, being described as "more Leninist than Lenin". Lenin's work "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder" criticised left communists in Britain, Germany and Russia who did not consider themselves Leninist.

Stylistic Notes

Left Communists are generally portrayed as sitting in an armchair, reading, theory, and nothing else. He often defends this behavior with "Theory is praxis." They are often depicted as being hyper critical and cynical to such a degree that no ideology will associate with him apart from Marxism.

How to Draw

Flag of Italian Left Communism

Drawing Left Communism takes a few steps:

Draw a ball
Fill it with red
Draw 2 intertwined yellow wheat spikes
Draw a black hammer and sickle
Draw the eyes and you're done!

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Red	#FC0808	252, 8, 8
Gold	#EDF734	237, 247, 52
Black	#141414	20, 20, 20

Relations

Friends

Marxism - I'm the only one that listens to him, smh.
Leninism - We disagree on tactics here and there, but we are both true communists!
Council Communism - My more decentralized cousin.
Luxemburgism - Love you, Rosa!
Libertarian Marxism - You may be a Marxist, but you need to accept that no restrictions can be placed on the full and unqualified use of the weapons of party and state.
Left-Accelerationism - Just sitting in my armchair watching things go NYOOM!

Frenemies

Communalism - My fellow pure leftist. But stop trying to steal my armchair and read theory.
Trotskyism - Your early work was incredible, loved it. But you're just an impotent student movement now with zero proletarian support.
Ingsoc - You're a totalitarian prick but you're the only one who agrees that theory is praxis.
Authoritarianism - You exist. But you aren't always a bad thing.
Pol Potism - You were a murderous dictator but at least you managed to abolish commodity production in Kampuchea.

Enemies

Marxism–Leninism - Fake Marxist. Fake Leninist. Stop pretending that you read theory when you actually read fake news sources from "anti-imperialist" and "socialist" countries to back up your claims.
Maoism - You're okay for a Marxist-Leninist, but you're still a bourgeois movement that butchers workers.
Dengism - I mean, you oversaw the conditions that proletarianized China instead of doing the stupid peasant stuff Mao did, but you're still a revisionist, and a capitalist.
Anarcho-Communism - Peak petit-bourgeois.
Stalinism - Gravedigger of the revolution!
Social Democracy - The welfare economy is a failure! You also killed My mother!
Capitalist Communism - You are a S*cDem.
Democracy - The velvet glove of fascism.
Fascism - The iron boot of democracy.
Democratic Socialism - You can tell democratic socialism is bourgeois because "democratic" is right there in the name.
State Capitalism - You're just Deng again.
Antifa - Anti-Fascism is the worst product of Fascism!
Capitalism - Die and burn in hell, capitalist pig!
Social Authoritarianism - Him, but without the mask!
Hoxhaism - You claim to be "against all forms of revisionism" yet you're a Stalinist, curious. 🤔
Market Socialism - L*beral Vaushite.
Reactionary Socialism - Marx destroyed you lmao.